US5308323A - Multiple compartment balloon catheter - Google Patents

Multiple compartment balloon catheter Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US5308323A
US5308323A US08/024,864 US2486493A US5308323A US 5308323 A US5308323 A US 5308323A US 2486493 A US2486493 A US 2486493A US 5308323 A US5308323 A US 5308323A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
catheter
tube
balloon
vessel
compartments
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
US08/024,864
Inventor
Ichiro Sogawa
Shin-ichiro Niwa
Koro Yotsuya
Takafumi Uemiya
Shin-ichi Kanazawa
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Original Assignee
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from JP7490688U external-priority patent/JPH01178053U/ja
Application filed by Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd filed Critical Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
Priority to US08/024,864 priority Critical patent/US5308323A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US5308323A publication Critical patent/US5308323A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M25/1011—Multiple balloon catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/10—Balloon catheters
    • A61M2025/1043—Balloon catheters with special features or adapted for special applications
    • A61M2025/1072—Balloon catheters with special features or adapted for special applications having balloons with two or more compartments

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a catheter, and particularly to a catheter which is inserted into the blood vessels, urethra, and similar vessels of the body.
  • the most widely used method is bypass surgery in which the lesioned member of the blood vessel is surgically removed and replaced with a section of blood vessel from the patient or with an artificial blood vessel, thus physically eliminating the problem.
  • this procedure necessitates cutting the body open, the load on the body is great and treatment incurs great cost.
  • Drug therapy is also employed, but this is only effective for dissolving thrombi, and is not very successful at removing arteriosclerotic foci or occlusions.
  • New alternative methods selectively employed include the insertion of a catheter with a balloon into the blood vessel and inflating the balloon at the site of the lesion to mechanically enlarge the blood vessel at the constricted site, and the insertion of a catheter with a balloon in which is carried an optical fiber for laser conduction.
  • the balloon is inflated to occlude the blood vessel and stop the blood f low while the laser is used to evaporate the lesion.
  • Diagnostic techniques employed with the inside wall of the blood vessels includes the insertion of a catheter containing an imaging fiber into the blood vessel to inspect lesions using said imaging fiber.
  • a catheter according to the present invention provides a construction which is simple and which can be easily conducted in the desired direction through blood vessels and other vessels of the body.
  • a catheter according to a first embodiment of the present invention is comprised of multiple compartments along the circumference of the inside of the balloon, and individual fluid supply channels provided for each compartment.
  • a catheter according to a second embodiment of the present invention is comprised of multiple balloons along the circumference of the catheter, and individual fluid supply channels provided for each balloon.
  • the catheter tip can be aligned in the desired direction when the catheter is inserted into a blood vessel or similar vessel by supplying a fluid to a specific compartment through the fluid supply channels and thus inflating that compartment.
  • the catheter tip can be aligned in the desired direction by likewise supplying a fluid to a specific balloon to inflate said balloon.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of a catheter according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of said first catheter
  • FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are cross sections showing said catheter in use
  • FIG. 5 is a front view of an alternative catheter.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view showing the front tip of a catheter 1 according to the present invention.
  • Said tip is comprised of a balloon 2 which is used to occlude vessel A, which may be a blood vessel or similar vessel.
  • vessel A which may be a blood vessel or similar vessel.
  • a channel 5 for fluid supply is individually provided to each of compartments 4 so that a gas or fluid may be supplied separately and individually to each of compartments 4 via said channel 5 through openings 9 in the wall of tube 6 in order to inflate that compartment 4.
  • Said fluid supply channels 5 are formed by compartmentalizing the inside of a single tube 6 as shown in the figure according to the number of compartments 4 provided. Inside of tube 6 may be used as a channel 7 for the supply of drugs, the channel 7 being bounded by second tube 8.
  • catheter 1 when the catheter 1 is inserted into vessel A and is advanced to a bifurcation or other juncture in vessel A, the tip of catheter 1 can be aligned in the desired direction and conducted down the desired branch vessel by selectively inflating compartments 4.
  • said catheter 1 can be inserted into branch vessel A2 by inserting the catheter 1 farther.
  • the angle of orientation of the tip of catheter 1 can be freely adjusted by controlling the amount by which compartment 4 is inflated in each of the above situations.
  • the orientation and direction of the catheter 1 can also be freely adjusted by appropriately inflating multiple compartments 4 at the same time.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross section of an alternative embodiment of catheter 1. It differs from the embodiment previously described in that multiple balloons 2 are provided diametrically along catheter 1, and fluid supply channels 5 are provided individually and separately to each of said balloons 2.
  • the catheter 1 tip can be aligned in the desired direction and conducted down the desired branch vessel by selectively inflating balloons 2 when the catheter 1 tip reaches the bifurcation of vessel A.
  • a catheter 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, however, and may be constructed, for example, with multiple individual tubes for each of the required fluid supply channels 5, and the construction may be changed by increasing the number of compartments 4 and balloons 2 without changing the intent and meaning of the invention.
  • a catheter 1 according to the present invention is also suited to endoscope catheters in which an imaging fiber is imbedded in the catheter, laser illumination catheters in which a laser conducting fiber is imbedded in the catheter, and other types of catheters.
  • a catheter according to the present invention as previously described offers the benefit of being easily conducted to the target site because the catheter can be aligned in any desired direction at any desired angle by selectively inflating any of multiple compartments inside a balloon or by selectively inflating any of multiple balloons.
  • the additional benefit of being able to achieve fine diameter catheters can be provided because the construction is simple.

Abstract

A catheter provided on the tip with a balloon of the type which can be inflated by being filled with a fluid, and particularly a catheter provided with a balloon around the inside circumference of which are formed multiple compartments. The direction of said catheter can be controlled at bifurcations in the blood vessel by supplying fluid through a fluid supply channel to at least one compartment so as to inflate the compartment corresponding to said channel.

Description

This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/465,087, filed on Feb. 6, 1990, which is abandoned.
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a catheter, and particularly to a catheter which is inserted into the blood vessels, urethra, and similar vessels of the body.
2. Background Art
Various methods have been developed for the treatment of arterial and vascular constriction or occlusion due to arteriosclerosis, and for the removal of thrombi.
The most widely used method is bypass surgery in which the lesioned member of the blood vessel is surgically removed and replaced with a section of blood vessel from the patient or with an artificial blood vessel, thus physically eliminating the problem. However, because this procedure necessitates cutting the body open, the load on the body is great and treatment incurs great cost.
Drug therapy is also employed, but this is only effective for dissolving thrombi, and is not very successful at removing arteriosclerotic foci or occlusions.
New alternative methods selectively employed include the insertion of a catheter with a balloon into the blood vessel and inflating the balloon at the site of the lesion to mechanically enlarge the blood vessel at the constricted site, and the insertion of a catheter with a balloon in which is carried an optical fiber for laser conduction. In this latter method, the balloon is inflated to occlude the blood vessel and stop the blood f low while the laser is used to evaporate the lesion.
Diagnostic techniques employed with the inside wall of the blood vessels includes the insertion of a catheter containing an imaging fiber into the blood vessel to inspect lesions using said imaging fiber.
In the use of such a catheter for therapy or diagnosis as previously described, it must be possible to steer the catheter in the desired direction at blood vessel bifurcations in order for the catheter to reach the site of the target lesion.
This is presently accomplished by using a catheter the leading end of which is bent to a specific angle. The catheter is steered by rotating the hand-held end of the catheter to align the leading end with the branch vessel down which the catheter is to be conducted. However, large individual differences in the shape and condition of said bifurcations make it difficult to use catheters of the above construction with all patients, and it is also difficult to conduct the catheter down the desired branch at complex, multi-branched junctions.
It has therefore been proposed to use a jointed ring construction on the catheter end and to steer the catheter in the desired direction by operating a wire passing through the catheter. However, because the construction of such a catheter is complex, it is difficult to achieve a fine diameter catheter.
With respect the aforementioned problems, a catheter according to the present invention provides a construction which is simple and which can be easily conducted in the desired direction through blood vessels and other vessels of the body.
DISCLOSURE INVENTION
A catheter according to a first embodiment of the present invention is comprised of multiple compartments along the circumference of the inside of the balloon, and individual fluid supply channels provided for each compartment.
A catheter according to a second embodiment of the present invention is comprised of multiple balloons along the circumference of the catheter, and individual fluid supply channels provided for each balloon.
Using a catheter according to said first embodiment, the catheter tip can be aligned in the desired direction when the catheter is inserted into a blood vessel or similar vessel by supplying a fluid to a specific compartment through the fluid supply channels and thus inflating that compartment.
Furthermore, using a catheter according to said first embodiment, the catheter tip can be aligned in the desired direction by likewise supplying a fluid to a specific balloon to inflate said balloon.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of a catheter according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a cross section of said first catheter,
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are cross sections showing said catheter in use, and
FIG. 5 is a front view of an alternative catheter.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a front view showing the front tip of a catheter 1 according to the present invention. Said tip is comprised of a balloon 2 which is used to occlude vessel A, which may be a blood vessel or similar vessel. Inside said balloon 2 is formed multiple compartments 4 which are divided by radial walls 3 as shown in FIG. 2. A channel 5 for fluid supply is individually provided to each of compartments 4 so that a gas or fluid may be supplied separately and individually to each of compartments 4 via said channel 5 through openings 9 in the wall of tube 6 in order to inflate that compartment 4. Said fluid supply channels 5 are formed by compartmentalizing the inside of a single tube 6 as shown in the figure according to the number of compartments 4 provided. Inside of tube 6 may be used as a channel 7 for the supply of drugs, the channel 7 being bounded by second tube 8.
If the catheter 1 is construed as just described, when the catheter 1 is inserted into vessel A and is advanced to a bifurcation or other juncture in vessel A, the tip of catheter 1 can be aligned in the desired direction and conducted down the desired branch vessel by selectively inflating compartments 4.
Specifically, if, as shown in FIG. 3, inflation fluid is supplied to the compartment 4 which is opposite the bottom wall of vessel A on the inside of the vessel so that said compartment 4 is inflated, when the bottom side of balloon 2 contacts the inside wall of vessel A, the tip of catheter 1 will be lifted and aligned with the branch which is diagonally above the bifurcation point. Therefore, said catheter 1 can be inserted into branch vessel A1 by inserting the catheter 1 farther. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, if the compartment 4 opposite the top inside wall of vessel A is inflated, when the top side of the balloon 2 contacts the inside wall of vessel A, the tip of the catheter 1 will be forced down and aligned with the branch which is diagonally below the bifurcation point. Therefore, said catheter 1 can be inserted into branch vessel A2 by inserting the catheter 1 farther. Thus, the angle of orientation of the tip of catheter 1 can be freely adjusted by controlling the amount by which compartment 4 is inflated in each of the above situations. Furthermore, the orientation and direction of the catheter 1 can also be freely adjusted by appropriately inflating multiple compartments 4 at the same time.
FIG. 5 is a cross section of an alternative embodiment of catheter 1. It differs from the embodiment previously described in that multiple balloons 2 are provided diametrically along catheter 1, and fluid supply channels 5 are provided individually and separately to each of said balloons 2.
As with the previous embodiment of catheter 1, the catheter 1 tip can be aligned in the desired direction and conducted down the desired branch vessel by selectively inflating balloons 2 when the catheter 1 tip reaches the bifurcation of vessel A.
A catheter 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, however, and may be constructed, for example, with multiple individual tubes for each of the required fluid supply channels 5, and the construction may be changed by increasing the number of compartments 4 and balloons 2 without changing the intent and meaning of the invention.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
A catheter 1 according to the present invention is also suited to endoscope catheters in which an imaging fiber is imbedded in the catheter, laser illumination catheters in which a laser conducting fiber is imbedded in the catheter, and other types of catheters.
A catheter according to the present invention as previously described offers the benefit of being easily conducted to the target site because the catheter can be aligned in any desired direction at any desired angle by selectively inflating any of multiple compartments inside a balloon or by selectively inflating any of multiple balloons. In addition, the additional benefit of being able to achieve fine diameter catheters can be provided because the construction is simple.

Claims (2)

We claim:
1. A catheter comprising:
a tube sized so as to be capable of being inserted into a vessel of the human body, said tube having partitions for dividing said tube into a plurality of channels for carrying a first fluid, said tube having a tip disposed at an end thereof;
a balloon disposed about said tip of said tube, said balloon including radial walls defining multiple compartments, said compartments being disposed between said walls inside of said balloon, each compartment corresponding to a respective channel of said tube, said balloon compartments further including separation walls defined by said tube for separating said compartments from corresponding channels, each said separation wall having an opening so that each compartment can be selectively inflated by directing fluid into a corresponding channel and through said opening enabling the position of said catheter to be controlled by contact with a wall of said vessel.
2. A catheter as claimed in claim 1 wherein inside of said tube is disposed a second tube used as a channel for carrying a supply of drugs to a predetermined location within the vessel.
US08/024,864 1988-06-06 1989-06-06 Multiple compartment balloon catheter Expired - Fee Related US5308323A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/024,864 US5308323A (en) 1988-06-06 1989-06-06 Multiple compartment balloon catheter

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP63-74906[U] 1988-06-06
JP7490688U JPH01178053U (en) 1988-06-06 1988-06-06
US08/024,864 US5308323A (en) 1988-06-06 1989-06-06 Multiple compartment balloon catheter
PCT/JP1989/000575 WO1989011889A1 (en) 1988-06-06 1989-06-06 Catheter
CA000609797A CA1337792C (en) 1988-06-06 1989-08-30 Catheter
CN89107131.8A CN1049974A (en) 1988-06-06 1989-09-07 Catheter
US46508790A 1990-02-06 1990-02-06

Related Parent Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US46508790A Continuation 1988-06-06 1990-02-06

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US5308323A true US5308323A (en) 1994-05-03

Family

ID=27168438

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US08/024,864 Expired - Fee Related US5308323A (en) 1988-06-06 1989-06-06 Multiple compartment balloon catheter

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US5308323A (en)
EP (1) EP0377749B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1049974A (en)
CA (1) CA1337792C (en)
DE (1) DE68917895T2 (en)
WO (1) WO1989011889A1 (en)

Cited By (124)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1995000198A1 (en) * 1993-06-25 1995-01-05 Boston Scientific Corporation Dilation catheter and method of treatment therewith
US5403280A (en) * 1993-02-16 1995-04-04 Wang; James C. Inflatable perfusion catheter
US5458574A (en) * 1994-03-16 1995-10-17 Heartport, Inc. System for performing a cardiac procedure
US5501667A (en) * 1994-03-15 1996-03-26 Cordis Corporation Perfusion balloon and method of use and manufacture
US5522883A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-06-04 Meadox Medicals, Inc. Endoprosthesis stent/graft deployment system
WO1997003604A1 (en) * 1995-07-18 1997-02-06 Houser Russell A Multiple compartmented balloon catheter with external pressure sensing
US5619993A (en) * 1990-11-30 1997-04-15 Lee; Haojun Method of controlling curvature of a medical device
US5645529A (en) * 1993-03-11 1997-07-08 C. R. Bard, Inc. Devices for selectively directing inflation devices
US5658311A (en) * 1996-07-05 1997-08-19 Schneider (Usa) Inc. High pressure expander bundle for large diameter stent deployment
US5718678A (en) * 1996-06-26 1998-02-17 Medical Components, Inc. Multi-lumen coaxial catheter and method for making same
WO1998009670A2 (en) * 1996-09-03 1998-03-12 Cryolife, Inc. Overlay dual balloon catheter and method for use thereof
US5921957A (en) * 1994-07-12 1999-07-13 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Intravascular dilation catheter
WO1999042149A2 (en) 1998-02-16 1999-08-26 Philadelphia Health And Education Corporation A graduated intraluminal catheter and methods of use thereof
US5951513A (en) * 1995-02-24 1999-09-14 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Balloon catheter having non-bonded integral balloon and methods for its manufacture
US6045531A (en) * 1997-07-22 2000-04-04 Chase Medical Inc. Catheter having a lumen occluding balloon and method of use thereof
US6068608A (en) * 1997-05-01 2000-05-30 Chase Medical, Inc. Method of using integral aortic arch infusion clamp
US6132397A (en) * 1997-05-01 2000-10-17 Chase Medical Inc. Integral aortic arch infusion clamp catheter
US6161049A (en) * 1999-03-26 2000-12-12 Urologix, Inc. Thermal therapy catheter
US6241699B1 (en) 1998-07-22 2001-06-05 Chase Medical, Inc. Catheter system and method for posterior epicardial revascularization and intracardiac surgery on a beating heart
US6248121B1 (en) * 1998-02-18 2001-06-19 Cardio Medical Solutions, Inc. Blood vessel occlusion device
US6514228B1 (en) 1999-03-05 2003-02-04 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Balloon catheter having high flow tip
US20040078026A1 (en) * 2002-10-21 2004-04-22 Wagner Robert B. Method and apparatus for pleural drainage
US20040186378A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2004-09-23 Douglas Gesswein Articulating guide catheter
US20040193181A1 (en) * 1990-03-02 2004-09-30 Bonutti Peter M. Active cannulas
US20050038383A1 (en) * 2003-08-14 2005-02-17 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Catheter having a cutting balloon including multiple cavities or multiple channels
US20050187467A1 (en) * 2004-01-21 2005-08-25 Martin Kleen Catheter
US20050203564A1 (en) * 1998-07-23 2005-09-15 Nobles Anthony A. Blood vessel occlusion device
US20050277876A1 (en) * 2004-06-10 2005-12-15 Scott Hayden Medical device guiding system
US20060025798A1 (en) * 2004-02-23 2006-02-02 Cook Timothy C Method and apparatus for fecal continence
US20060241339A1 (en) * 2005-02-23 2006-10-26 Cook Timothy C Method and apparatus for an adjustable implantable continence device
US20060281964A1 (en) * 1999-10-11 2006-12-14 Uromedica, Inc. Apparatus and method for inserting an adjustable implantable genitourinary device
US20070060997A1 (en) * 2005-09-15 2007-03-15 Jan De Boer Multi-lumen steerable catheter
US20070129749A1 (en) * 2005-12-07 2007-06-07 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tapered multi-chamber balloon
US20070225677A1 (en) * 2006-03-03 2007-09-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Balloon catheter
WO2007136591A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Baystate Health, Inc. Balloon endoscope device
US20080103443A1 (en) * 2006-11-01 2008-05-01 Cook Incorporated Balloon catheter for treating hardened lesions
US20080109056A1 (en) * 2006-11-03 2008-05-08 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Main vessel constraining side-branch access balloon
US20080109062A1 (en) * 2006-11-03 2008-05-08 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Side branch stenting system using a main vessel constraining side branch access balloon and side branching stent
US20080156334A1 (en) * 1997-06-12 2008-07-03 Uromedica, Inc. Implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a body lumen
US20090030503A1 (en) * 2007-07-23 2009-01-29 Ho Paul C Method and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US20090030510A1 (en) * 2007-07-23 2009-01-29 Ho Paul C Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US20100168665A1 (en) * 2008-12-30 2010-07-01 Wilson-Cook Medical Inc. Segmented balloon for catheter tip deflection
US20100261951A1 (en) * 2004-02-23 2010-10-14 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for an adjustable implantable continence device
US7993358B2 (en) 2005-02-11 2011-08-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Cutting balloon catheter having increased flexibility regions
US20130025602A1 (en) * 2011-07-29 2013-01-31 Nellcor Puritan Bennett Llc Tracheal tube positioning devices and methods
US20130331824A1 (en) * 2012-06-10 2013-12-12 Sungyul D. Kim Catheter and method for its use
GB2502956A (en) * 2012-06-06 2013-12-18 Creagh Medical Ltd A catheter having balloons located around the circumference of the catheter
US8774913B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2014-07-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for intravasculary-induced neuromodulation
US20140249475A1 (en) * 2003-06-10 2014-09-04 Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. Apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque
US8834464B2 (en) 1999-04-05 2014-09-16 Mark T. Stewart Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods
US8888773B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2014-11-18 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US8934978B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2015-01-13 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
US8945107B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-02-03 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US8956352B2 (en) 2010-10-25 2015-02-17 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US9017317B2 (en) 2012-12-06 2015-04-28 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Refrigerant supply system for cryotherapy including refrigerant recompression and associated devices, systems, and methods
US9060754B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-23 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9095321B2 (en) 2012-11-21 2015-08-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices having integral multi-helical balloons and methods of making the same
US20150314110A1 (en) * 2014-05-05 2015-11-05 Hansen Medical, Inc. Balloon visualization for traversing a vessel
US9179974B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2015-11-10 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Helical push wire electrode
US9241752B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2016-01-26 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Shafts with pressure relief in cryotherapeutic catheters and associated devices, systems, and methods
US20160174992A1 (en) * 2010-09-21 2016-06-23 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Method and system for balloon counterpulsation during aortic valve replacement
US9642616B2 (en) 2005-06-20 2017-05-09 Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US9649106B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2017-05-16 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US9706988B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2017-07-18 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
US9707035B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2017-07-18 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods for catheter-based renal neuromodulation
US9907684B2 (en) 2013-05-08 2018-03-06 Aneuclose Llc Method of radially-asymmetric stent expansion
US10004550B2 (en) 2010-08-05 2018-06-26 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryoablation apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation
US20180207408A1 (en) * 2017-01-25 2018-07-26 C.R. Bard, Inc. Inflatable medical balloon with variable profile
US10058235B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2018-08-28 Sanovas Intellectual Property, Llc Steerable catheter
US10182802B2 (en) 2007-03-29 2019-01-22 Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for closing a patent foramen ovale
US10194902B2 (en) 1999-07-02 2019-02-05 Quickpass, Inc. Suturing device
US10231867B2 (en) 2013-01-18 2019-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Method, apparatus and system for a water jet
US10231793B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2019-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Object removal through a percutaneous suction tube
US10245402B2 (en) 2011-07-11 2019-04-02 Ambu A/S Endobronchial tube with integrated image sensor
US10285574B2 (en) 2017-04-07 2019-05-14 Auris Health, Inc. Superelastic medical instrument
US10349821B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2019-07-16 Sanovas Intellectual Property, Llc Cleaning system for medical imaging device
US10350390B2 (en) 2011-01-20 2019-07-16 Auris Health, Inc. System and method for endoluminal and translumenal therapy
US10426661B2 (en) 2013-08-13 2019-10-01 Auris Health, Inc. Method and apparatus for laser assisted cataract surgery
US10492842B2 (en) 2014-03-07 2019-12-03 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Monitoring and controlling internally administered cryotherapy
US10512458B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2019-12-24 Med-Venture Investments, Llc Suturing methods and apparatuses
US10639114B2 (en) 2018-08-17 2020-05-05 Auris Health, Inc. Bipolar medical instrument
US10639109B2 (en) 2015-04-01 2020-05-05 Auris Health, Inc. Microsurgical tool for robotic applications
US10687801B2 (en) 2016-04-11 2020-06-23 Nobles Medical Technologies Ii, Inc. Suture spools for tissue suturing device
US10736690B2 (en) 2014-04-24 2020-08-11 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation catheters and associated systems and methods
US10744035B2 (en) 2013-06-11 2020-08-18 Auris Health, Inc. Methods for robotic assisted cataract surgery
US10751140B2 (en) 2018-06-07 2020-08-25 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical systems with high force instruments
US10792466B2 (en) 2017-03-28 2020-10-06 Auris Health, Inc. Shaft actuating handle
US10828118B2 (en) 2018-08-15 2020-11-10 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments for tissue cauterization
US10828022B2 (en) 2013-07-02 2020-11-10 Med-Venture Investments, Llc Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
US10905490B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2021-02-02 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US10959792B1 (en) 2019-09-26 2021-03-30 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance
US10987174B2 (en) 2017-04-07 2021-04-27 Auris Health, Inc. Patient introducer alignment
US11033330B2 (en) 2008-03-06 2021-06-15 Aquabeam, Llc Tissue ablation and cautery with optical energy carried in fluid stream
CN113198088A (en) * 2021-05-06 2021-08-03 哈尔滨医科大学 Catheter structure and guide wire guiding device
US20210267658A1 (en) * 2015-11-18 2021-09-02 Medtronic Cryocath Lp Multi-lobe balloon for cryoablation
US11109928B2 (en) 2019-06-28 2021-09-07 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces
US11166712B2 (en) 2008-05-09 2021-11-09 Scarab Technology Services, Llc Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US11202624B2 (en) 2017-08-18 2021-12-21 Nobles Medical Technologies Ii, Inc. Apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US11213678B2 (en) 2013-09-09 2022-01-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Method of manufacturing a medical device for neuromodulation
US11350964B2 (en) 2007-01-02 2022-06-07 Aquabeam, Llc Minimally invasive treatment device for tissue resection
US20220175233A1 (en) * 2018-09-12 2022-06-09 Enlightenvue Llc Direct endoluminal- and/or endovascular-illumination systems and methods of use thereof
US11357586B2 (en) 2020-06-30 2022-06-14 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for saturated robotic movement
US11369386B2 (en) 2019-06-27 2022-06-28 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for a medical clip applier
US11382650B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2022-07-12 Auris Health, Inc. Object capture with a basket
US11395658B2 (en) 2014-07-11 2022-07-26 Cardio Medical Solutions, Inc. Device and method for assisting end-to-side anastomosis
US11399905B2 (en) 2018-06-28 2022-08-02 Auris Health, Inc. Medical systems incorporating pulley sharing
US11439419B2 (en) 2019-12-31 2022-09-13 Auris Health, Inc. Advanced basket drive mode
US11464536B2 (en) 2012-02-29 2022-10-11 Procept Biorobotics Corporation Automated image-guided tissue resection and treatment
US11510766B2 (en) 2019-02-14 2022-11-29 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for monitoring implantable device for urinary continence
US11534248B2 (en) 2019-03-25 2022-12-27 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for medical stapling
US11571229B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2023-02-07 Auris Health, Inc. Basket apparatus
US11576738B2 (en) 2018-10-08 2023-02-14 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and instruments for tissue sealing
US11589913B2 (en) 2019-01-25 2023-02-28 Auris Health, Inc. Vessel sealer with heating and cooling capabilities
US11737835B2 (en) 2019-10-29 2023-08-29 Auris Health, Inc. Braid-reinforced insulation sheath
US11737845B2 (en) 2019-09-30 2023-08-29 Auris Inc. Medical instrument with a capstan
US11812985B2 (en) 2017-06-30 2023-11-14 Enlightenvue, Inc. Endoscopy systems and methods of use thereof
US11839370B2 (en) 2017-06-19 2023-12-12 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an opening in the apex of the heart
US11839969B2 (en) 2020-06-29 2023-12-12 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for detecting contact between a link and an external object
US11864849B2 (en) 2018-09-26 2024-01-09 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and instruments for suction and irrigation
US11896330B2 (en) 2019-08-15 2024-02-13 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical system having multiple medical instruments
US11931901B2 (en) 2020-06-30 2024-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical system with collision proximity indicators
US11950872B2 (en) 2019-12-31 2024-04-09 Auris Health, Inc. Dynamic pulley system
US11950863B2 (en) 2018-12-20 2024-04-09 Auris Health, Inc Shielding for wristed instruments
US11957331B2 (en) 2019-12-12 2024-04-16 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing systems and methods for suturing body tissue

Families Citing this family (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100213554B1 (en) 1989-11-28 1999-08-02 제이슨 오토 가도시 Fetal probe
GB9322519D0 (en) * 1993-11-01 1993-12-22 Gardosi Jason O Fetal probe
US5556389A (en) * 1994-03-31 1996-09-17 Liprie; Samuel F. Method and apparatus for treating stenosis or other constriction in a bodily conduit
GB2290236B (en) * 1994-06-16 1998-08-05 Roger Harrington Fox Vena-cava filter
US5549551A (en) * 1994-12-22 1996-08-27 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Adjustable length balloon catheter
US9320831B2 (en) * 2005-03-04 2016-04-26 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Polymer shrink tubes and novel uses therefor
DE602006020889D1 (en) * 2006-12-01 2011-05-05 Xitact Sa Simulation device for tracking the respective movements of at least two instruments
CN103007402B (en) * 2013-01-07 2015-06-24 刘南 Leading-in device for giving tracheal cannula through laryngeal mask
EP2996542A4 (en) * 2013-05-17 2017-03-22 EndoChoice, Inc. Multiple viewing elements endoscope having two front service channels
CN106308882B (en) * 2016-10-30 2018-11-16 浙江大学 A kind of bile duct takes stone sacculus
TWI737682B (en) * 2017-02-14 2021-09-01 學校法人慶應義塾 Expansion device and expansion device system
JP6871489B2 (en) * 2017-02-14 2021-05-12 学校法人慶應義塾 Exclusion device
CN111298274B (en) * 2020-05-14 2020-09-22 上海脉全医疗器械有限公司 Medicine balloon and using method thereof
CN113425402B (en) * 2021-08-27 2021-12-17 上海安钛克医疗科技有限公司 Catheter capable of judging balloon adhesion and ablation system

Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB846779A (en) * 1957-11-08 1960-08-31 Vincent Joseph Oddo Improvements in haemostatic catheter
US4141364A (en) * 1977-03-18 1979-02-27 Jorge Schultze Expandable endotracheal or urethral tube
US4183102A (en) * 1977-09-08 1980-01-15 Jacques Guiset Inflatable prosthetic device for lining a body duct
JPS5723506A (en) * 1980-07-11 1982-02-06 Tateishi Kensetsu Kogyo Kk Device for preventing deviation of belt in end roller of belt conveyer
US4327720A (en) * 1979-01-22 1982-05-04 Bronson Paul A Esophageal-endotracheal airway
US4406656A (en) * 1981-06-01 1983-09-27 Brack Gillium Hattler Venous catheter having collapsible multi-lumens
US4581017A (en) * 1983-03-07 1986-04-08 Harvinder Sahota Catheter systems
EP0231725A1 (en) * 1985-11-29 1987-08-12 Schneider (Europe) AG Catheter for the treatment of constrictions, for instance in a blood vessel
EP0261831A2 (en) * 1986-09-10 1988-03-30 G. David Jang Concentric independently inflatable/deflatable multiple diameter balloon angioplasty catheter systems and method of use
US4878495A (en) * 1987-05-15 1989-11-07 Joseph Grayzel Valvuloplasty device with satellite expansion means
US4958364A (en) * 1987-12-22 1990-09-18 General Electric Cgr Sa Rotating anode of composite material for X-ray tubes
US5102416A (en) * 1989-11-21 1992-04-07 Rock John M Vessel vector invasive catheter

Patent Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB846779A (en) * 1957-11-08 1960-08-31 Vincent Joseph Oddo Improvements in haemostatic catheter
US4141364A (en) * 1977-03-18 1979-02-27 Jorge Schultze Expandable endotracheal or urethral tube
US4183102A (en) * 1977-09-08 1980-01-15 Jacques Guiset Inflatable prosthetic device for lining a body duct
US4327720A (en) * 1979-01-22 1982-05-04 Bronson Paul A Esophageal-endotracheal airway
JPS5723506A (en) * 1980-07-11 1982-02-06 Tateishi Kensetsu Kogyo Kk Device for preventing deviation of belt in end roller of belt conveyer
US4406656A (en) * 1981-06-01 1983-09-27 Brack Gillium Hattler Venous catheter having collapsible multi-lumens
US4581017A (en) * 1983-03-07 1986-04-08 Harvinder Sahota Catheter systems
US4581017B1 (en) * 1983-03-07 1994-05-17 Bard Inc C R Catheter systems
EP0231725A1 (en) * 1985-11-29 1987-08-12 Schneider (Europe) AG Catheter for the treatment of constrictions, for instance in a blood vessel
EP0261831A2 (en) * 1986-09-10 1988-03-30 G. David Jang Concentric independently inflatable/deflatable multiple diameter balloon angioplasty catheter systems and method of use
US4878495A (en) * 1987-05-15 1989-11-07 Joseph Grayzel Valvuloplasty device with satellite expansion means
US4958364A (en) * 1987-12-22 1990-09-18 General Electric Cgr Sa Rotating anode of composite material for X-ray tubes
US5102416A (en) * 1989-11-21 1992-04-07 Rock John M Vessel vector invasive catheter

Cited By (211)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040193181A1 (en) * 1990-03-02 2004-09-30 Bonutti Peter M. Active cannulas
US5619993A (en) * 1990-11-30 1997-04-15 Lee; Haojun Method of controlling curvature of a medical device
US5403280A (en) * 1993-02-16 1995-04-04 Wang; James C. Inflatable perfusion catheter
US5458575A (en) * 1993-02-16 1995-10-17 Boston Scientific Corp. Perfusion catheter having a cylindrical array of balloons
US5704913A (en) * 1993-02-16 1998-01-06 Boston Scientific Corporation Dilation catheter and method of treatment therewith
US5645529A (en) * 1993-03-11 1997-07-08 C. R. Bard, Inc. Devices for selectively directing inflation devices
WO1995000198A1 (en) * 1993-06-25 1995-01-05 Boston Scientific Corporation Dilation catheter and method of treatment therewith
US5501667A (en) * 1994-03-15 1996-03-26 Cordis Corporation Perfusion balloon and method of use and manufacture
US5458574A (en) * 1994-03-16 1995-10-17 Heartport, Inc. System for performing a cardiac procedure
US5921957A (en) * 1994-07-12 1999-07-13 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Intravascular dilation catheter
US5522883A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-06-04 Meadox Medicals, Inc. Endoprosthesis stent/graft deployment system
US5951513A (en) * 1995-02-24 1999-09-14 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Balloon catheter having non-bonded integral balloon and methods for its manufacture
WO1997003604A1 (en) * 1995-07-18 1997-02-06 Houser Russell A Multiple compartmented balloon catheter with external pressure sensing
US5865801A (en) * 1995-07-18 1999-02-02 Houser; Russell A. Multiple compartmented balloon catheter with external pressure sensing
US5718678A (en) * 1996-06-26 1998-02-17 Medical Components, Inc. Multi-lumen coaxial catheter and method for making same
US5658311A (en) * 1996-07-05 1997-08-19 Schneider (Usa) Inc. High pressure expander bundle for large diameter stent deployment
US5868776A (en) * 1996-09-03 1999-02-09 Ideas For Medicine, Inc. Overlay dual balloon catheter and method for use thereof
WO1998009670A2 (en) * 1996-09-03 1998-03-12 Cryolife, Inc. Overlay dual balloon catheter and method for use thereof
WO1998009670A3 (en) * 1996-09-03 1998-04-23 Cryolife Inc Overlay dual balloon catheter and method for use thereof
US6132397A (en) * 1997-05-01 2000-10-17 Chase Medical Inc. Integral aortic arch infusion clamp catheter
US6068608A (en) * 1997-05-01 2000-05-30 Chase Medical, Inc. Method of using integral aortic arch infusion clamp
US7828716B2 (en) 1997-06-12 2010-11-09 Uromedica, Inc. Implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a body lumen
US20080156334A1 (en) * 1997-06-12 2008-07-03 Uromedica, Inc. Implantable device and method for adjustably restricting a body lumen
US6045531A (en) * 1997-07-22 2000-04-04 Chase Medical Inc. Catheter having a lumen occluding balloon and method of use thereof
WO1999042149A2 (en) 1998-02-16 1999-08-26 Philadelphia Health And Education Corporation A graduated intraluminal catheter and methods of use thereof
US6607477B1 (en) 1998-02-16 2003-08-19 Wallace A. Longton Graduated intraluminal catheter and methods of use thereof
US6248121B1 (en) * 1998-02-18 2001-06-19 Cardio Medical Solutions, Inc. Blood vessel occlusion device
US6241699B1 (en) 1998-07-22 2001-06-05 Chase Medical, Inc. Catheter system and method for posterior epicardial revascularization and intracardiac surgery on a beating heart
US20050203564A1 (en) * 1998-07-23 2005-09-15 Nobles Anthony A. Blood vessel occlusion device
US6514228B1 (en) 1999-03-05 2003-02-04 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Balloon catheter having high flow tip
US6496737B2 (en) 1999-03-26 2002-12-17 Urologix, Inc. Thermal therapy catheter
US6161049A (en) * 1999-03-26 2000-12-12 Urologix, Inc. Thermal therapy catheter
US8834464B2 (en) 1999-04-05 2014-09-16 Mark T. Stewart Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods
US9554848B2 (en) 1999-04-05 2017-01-31 Medtronic, Inc. Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods
US10194902B2 (en) 1999-07-02 2019-02-05 Quickpass, Inc. Suturing device
US20060281964A1 (en) * 1999-10-11 2006-12-14 Uromedica, Inc. Apparatus and method for inserting an adjustable implantable genitourinary device
US7771346B2 (en) 1999-10-11 2010-08-10 Uromedica, Inc. Apparatus and method for inserting an adjustable implantable genitourinary device
US20110124957A1 (en) * 1999-10-11 2011-05-26 Uromedica, Inc. Apparatus and method for inserting an adjustable implantable genitourinary device
US8774913B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2014-07-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for intravasculary-induced neuromodulation
US9675413B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2017-06-13 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
US9289255B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2016-03-22 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
US8934978B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2015-01-13 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
US9707035B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2017-07-18 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods for catheter-based renal neuromodulation
US6849061B2 (en) 2002-10-21 2005-02-01 Robert B. Wagner Method and apparatus for pleural drainage
US20040078026A1 (en) * 2002-10-21 2004-04-22 Wagner Robert B. Method and apparatus for pleural drainage
US20040186378A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2004-09-23 Douglas Gesswein Articulating guide catheter
US7824391B2 (en) * 2003-03-21 2010-11-02 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Articulating guide catheter
US20140249475A1 (en) * 2003-06-10 2014-09-04 Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. Apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque
US20050038383A1 (en) * 2003-08-14 2005-02-17 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Catheter having a cutting balloon including multiple cavities or multiple channels
US7887557B2 (en) * 2003-08-14 2011-02-15 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Catheter having a cutting balloon including multiple cavities or multiple channels
US7957790B2 (en) * 2004-01-21 2011-06-07 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Catheter
US20050187467A1 (en) * 2004-01-21 2005-08-25 Martin Kleen Catheter
US20060025798A1 (en) * 2004-02-23 2006-02-02 Cook Timothy C Method and apparatus for fecal continence
US20100261951A1 (en) * 2004-02-23 2010-10-14 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for an adjustable implantable continence device
US20050277876A1 (en) * 2004-06-10 2005-12-15 Scott Hayden Medical device guiding system
US7993358B2 (en) 2005-02-11 2011-08-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Cutting balloon catheter having increased flexibility regions
US20060241339A1 (en) * 2005-02-23 2006-10-26 Cook Timothy C Method and apparatus for an adjustable implantable continence device
US10758223B2 (en) 2005-06-20 2020-09-01 Scarab Technology Services, Llc Method and apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US11744576B2 (en) 2005-06-20 2023-09-05 Scarab Technology Services, Llc Method and apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US9642616B2 (en) 2005-06-20 2017-05-09 Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US20070060997A1 (en) * 2005-09-15 2007-03-15 Jan De Boer Multi-lumen steerable catheter
US8142395B2 (en) 2005-12-07 2012-03-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tapered multi-chamber balloon
US20100298860A1 (en) * 2005-12-07 2010-11-25 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tapered multi-chamber balloon
US20070129749A1 (en) * 2005-12-07 2007-06-07 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tapered multi-chamber balloon
US7766893B2 (en) 2005-12-07 2010-08-03 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tapered multi-chamber balloon
US7740609B2 (en) 2006-03-03 2010-06-22 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Balloon catheter
US8469925B2 (en) 2006-03-03 2013-06-25 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Balloon catheter including multiple chamber balloon with varying radius
US20070225677A1 (en) * 2006-03-03 2007-09-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Balloon catheter
US20100262076A1 (en) * 2006-03-03 2010-10-14 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Balloon Catheter
US8038598B2 (en) * 2006-05-15 2011-10-18 Baystate Health, Inc. Balloon endoscope device
US20080009673A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2008-01-10 Khachi Gerald J Balloon endoscope device
WO2007136591A1 (en) * 2006-05-15 2007-11-29 Baystate Health, Inc. Balloon endoscope device
US7762985B2 (en) 2006-11-01 2010-07-27 Cook Incorporated Balloon catheter for treating hardened lesions
US20080103443A1 (en) * 2006-11-01 2008-05-01 Cook Incorporated Balloon catheter for treating hardened lesions
US8398695B2 (en) 2006-11-03 2013-03-19 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Side branch stenting system using a main vessel constraining side branch access balloon and side branching stent
US8414611B2 (en) 2006-11-03 2013-04-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Main vessel constraining side-branch access balloon
US20080109056A1 (en) * 2006-11-03 2008-05-08 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Main vessel constraining side-branch access balloon
US20080109062A1 (en) * 2006-11-03 2008-05-08 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Side branch stenting system using a main vessel constraining side branch access balloon and side branching stent
US11350964B2 (en) 2007-01-02 2022-06-07 Aquabeam, Llc Minimally invasive treatment device for tissue resection
US11478269B2 (en) 2007-01-02 2022-10-25 Aquabeam, Llc Minimally invasive methods for multi-fluid tissue ablation
US11197661B2 (en) 2007-03-29 2021-12-14 Scarab Technology Services, Llc Device for applying a knot to a suture
US10182802B2 (en) 2007-03-29 2019-01-22 Nobles Medical Technologies, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for closing a patent foramen ovale
US20090030510A1 (en) * 2007-07-23 2009-01-29 Ho Paul C Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US20090030503A1 (en) * 2007-07-23 2009-01-29 Ho Paul C Method and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US10080654B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2018-09-25 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies, Llc Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US9700410B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2017-07-11 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Method and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US8663319B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2014-03-04 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US9480564B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2016-11-01 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies, Llc Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US8663318B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2014-03-04 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Method and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US11253356B2 (en) 2007-07-23 2022-02-22 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies, Llc Methods and apparatus for percutaneous aortic valve replacement
US11759258B2 (en) 2008-03-06 2023-09-19 Aquabeam, Llc Controlled ablation with laser energy
US11172986B2 (en) 2008-03-06 2021-11-16 Aquabeam Llc Ablation with energy carried in fluid stream
US11033330B2 (en) 2008-03-06 2021-06-15 Aquabeam, Llc Tissue ablation and cautery with optical energy carried in fluid stream
US11166712B2 (en) 2008-05-09 2021-11-09 Scarab Technology Services, Llc Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US20100168665A1 (en) * 2008-12-30 2010-07-01 Wilson-Cook Medical Inc. Segmented balloon for catheter tip deflection
US10004550B2 (en) 2010-08-05 2018-06-26 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryoablation apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation
US10881412B2 (en) 2010-09-21 2021-01-05 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies, Llc Method and system for balloon counterpulsation during aortic valve replacement
US20160174992A1 (en) * 2010-09-21 2016-06-23 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Method and system for balloon counterpulsation during aortic valve replacement
US10098644B2 (en) * 2010-09-21 2018-10-16 Hocor Cardiovascular Technologies Llc Method and system for balloon counterpulsation during aortic valve replacement
US10076382B2 (en) 2010-10-25 2018-09-18 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US8998894B2 (en) 2010-10-25 2015-04-07 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US11116572B2 (en) 2010-10-25 2021-09-14 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US8956352B2 (en) 2010-10-25 2015-02-17 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US10842547B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2020-11-24 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US8945107B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-02-03 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9060754B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-23 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US10188445B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2019-01-29 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9439708B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2016-09-13 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9060755B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-23 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9066713B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-30 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US10350390B2 (en) 2011-01-20 2019-07-16 Auris Health, Inc. System and method for endoluminal and translumenal therapy
US10058235B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2018-08-28 Sanovas Intellectual Property, Llc Steerable catheter
US10349821B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2019-07-16 Sanovas Intellectual Property, Llc Cleaning system for medical imaging device
US9649106B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2017-05-16 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US10610216B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2020-04-07 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US10624629B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2020-04-21 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic valve
US10245402B2 (en) 2011-07-11 2019-04-02 Ambu A/S Endobronchial tube with integrated image sensor
US10888679B2 (en) 2011-07-11 2021-01-12 Ambu A/S Endobronchial tube with integrated image sensor
US9242058B2 (en) * 2011-07-29 2016-01-26 Covidien Lp Tracheal tube positioning devices and methods
US20130025602A1 (en) * 2011-07-29 2013-01-31 Nellcor Puritan Bennett Llc Tracheal tube positioning devices and methods
US11737776B2 (en) 2012-02-29 2023-08-29 Procept Biorobotics Corporation Automated image-guided tissue resection and treatment
US11464536B2 (en) 2012-02-29 2022-10-11 Procept Biorobotics Corporation Automated image-guided tissue resection and treatment
US10905490B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2021-02-02 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US9872718B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2018-01-23 Medtronic Adrian Luxembourg S.a.r.l. Shafts with pressure relief in cryotherapeutic catheters and associated devices, systems, and methods
US11751931B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2023-09-12 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US9241752B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2016-01-26 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Shafts with pressure relief in cryotherapeutic catheters and associated devices, systems, and methods
US9706988B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2017-07-18 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
US9138292B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2015-09-22 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US9452017B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2016-09-27 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US9855096B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2018-01-02 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US11051802B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2021-07-06 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
US10512504B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2019-12-24 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US8888773B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2014-11-18 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Multi-electrode catheter assemblies for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US10420545B2 (en) 2012-05-11 2019-09-24 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
GB2502956A (en) * 2012-06-06 2013-12-18 Creagh Medical Ltd A catheter having balloons located around the circumference of the catheter
US20130331824A1 (en) * 2012-06-10 2013-12-12 Sungyul D. Kim Catheter and method for its use
US9126008B2 (en) * 2012-06-10 2015-09-08 Sungyul D Kim Catheter and method for its use
US9095321B2 (en) 2012-11-21 2015-08-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices having integral multi-helical balloons and methods of making the same
US9017317B2 (en) 2012-12-06 2015-04-28 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Refrigerant supply system for cryotherapy including refrigerant recompression and associated devices, systems, and methods
US10231867B2 (en) 2013-01-18 2019-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Method, apparatus and system for a water jet
US10980669B2 (en) 2013-01-18 2021-04-20 Auris Health, Inc. Method, apparatus and system for a water jet
US9179974B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2015-11-10 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Helical push wire electrode
US9888961B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2018-02-13 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Helical push wire electrode
US10792098B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2020-10-06 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Helical push wire electrode
US9907684B2 (en) 2013-05-08 2018-03-06 Aneuclose Llc Method of radially-asymmetric stent expansion
US10744035B2 (en) 2013-06-11 2020-08-18 Auris Health, Inc. Methods for robotic assisted cataract surgery
US10828022B2 (en) 2013-07-02 2020-11-10 Med-Venture Investments, Llc Suturing devices and methods for suturing an anatomic structure
US10426661B2 (en) 2013-08-13 2019-10-01 Auris Health, Inc. Method and apparatus for laser assisted cataract surgery
US11642242B2 (en) 2013-08-13 2023-05-09 Auris Health, Inc. Method and apparatus for light energy assisted surgery
US11213678B2 (en) 2013-09-09 2022-01-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Method of manufacturing a medical device for neuromodulation
US11779324B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2023-10-10 Med-Venture Investments, Llc Suturing methods and apparatuses
US10512458B2 (en) 2013-12-06 2019-12-24 Med-Venture Investments, Llc Suturing methods and apparatuses
US11406437B2 (en) 2014-03-07 2022-08-09 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Monitoring and controlling internally administered cryotherapy
US10492842B2 (en) 2014-03-07 2019-12-03 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Monitoring and controlling internally administered cryotherapy
US10736690B2 (en) 2014-04-24 2020-08-11 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation catheters and associated systems and methods
US11464563B2 (en) 2014-04-24 2022-10-11 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation catheters and associated systems and methods
US20150314110A1 (en) * 2014-05-05 2015-11-05 Hansen Medical, Inc. Balloon visualization for traversing a vessel
US11395658B2 (en) 2014-07-11 2022-07-26 Cardio Medical Solutions, Inc. Device and method for assisting end-to-side anastomosis
US10639109B2 (en) 2015-04-01 2020-05-05 Auris Health, Inc. Microsurgical tool for robotic applications
US11723730B2 (en) 2015-04-01 2023-08-15 Auris Health, Inc. Microsurgical tool for robotic applications
US11571229B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2023-02-07 Auris Health, Inc. Basket apparatus
US11534249B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2022-12-27 Auris Health, Inc. Process for percutaneous operations
US11382650B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2022-07-12 Auris Health, Inc. Object capture with a basket
US10639108B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2020-05-05 Auris Health, Inc. Process for percutaneous operations
US11559360B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2023-01-24 Auris Health, Inc. Object removal through a percutaneous suction tube
US10231793B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2019-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Object removal through a percutaneous suction tube
US20210267658A1 (en) * 2015-11-18 2021-09-02 Medtronic Cryocath Lp Multi-lobe balloon for cryoablation
US10687801B2 (en) 2016-04-11 2020-06-23 Nobles Medical Technologies Ii, Inc. Suture spools for tissue suturing device
US20180207408A1 (en) * 2017-01-25 2018-07-26 C.R. Bard, Inc. Inflatable medical balloon with variable profile
AU2020201819B2 (en) * 2017-01-25 2022-05-12 C.R. Bard, Inc Inflatable medical balloon with variable profile
US10987495B2 (en) * 2017-01-25 2021-04-27 C.R. Bard, Inc. Inflatable medical balloon with variable profile
US10792466B2 (en) 2017-03-28 2020-10-06 Auris Health, Inc. Shaft actuating handle
US10285574B2 (en) 2017-04-07 2019-05-14 Auris Health, Inc. Superelastic medical instrument
US10743751B2 (en) 2017-04-07 2020-08-18 Auris Health, Inc. Superelastic medical instrument
US10987174B2 (en) 2017-04-07 2021-04-27 Auris Health, Inc. Patient introducer alignment
US11839370B2 (en) 2017-06-19 2023-12-12 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing devices and methods for suturing an opening in the apex of the heart
US11812985B2 (en) 2017-06-30 2023-11-14 Enlightenvue, Inc. Endoscopy systems and methods of use thereof
US11202624B2 (en) 2017-08-18 2021-12-21 Nobles Medical Technologies Ii, Inc. Apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
US11826117B2 (en) 2018-06-07 2023-11-28 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical systems with high force instruments
US10751140B2 (en) 2018-06-07 2020-08-25 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical systems with high force instruments
US11399905B2 (en) 2018-06-28 2022-08-02 Auris Health, Inc. Medical systems incorporating pulley sharing
US10828118B2 (en) 2018-08-15 2020-11-10 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments for tissue cauterization
US11896335B2 (en) 2018-08-15 2024-02-13 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments for tissue cauterization
US11857279B2 (en) 2018-08-17 2024-01-02 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instrument with mechanical interlock
US10639114B2 (en) 2018-08-17 2020-05-05 Auris Health, Inc. Bipolar medical instrument
US11832798B2 (en) * 2018-09-12 2023-12-05 Enlightenvue, Inc. Direct endoluminal-and/or endovascular-illumination systems and methods of use thereof
US20220175233A1 (en) * 2018-09-12 2022-06-09 Enlightenvue Llc Direct endoluminal- and/or endovascular-illumination systems and methods of use thereof
US11864849B2 (en) 2018-09-26 2024-01-09 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and instruments for suction and irrigation
US11576738B2 (en) 2018-10-08 2023-02-14 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and instruments for tissue sealing
US11950863B2 (en) 2018-12-20 2024-04-09 Auris Health, Inc Shielding for wristed instruments
US11589913B2 (en) 2019-01-25 2023-02-28 Auris Health, Inc. Vessel sealer with heating and cooling capabilities
US11510766B2 (en) 2019-02-14 2022-11-29 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for monitoring implantable device for urinary continence
US11690703B2 (en) 2019-02-14 2023-07-04 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for monitoring implantable device for urinary continence
US11690704B2 (en) 2019-02-14 2023-07-04 Uromedica, Inc. Method and apparatus for monitoring implantable device for urinary continence
US11534248B2 (en) 2019-03-25 2022-12-27 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for medical stapling
US11369386B2 (en) 2019-06-27 2022-06-28 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for a medical clip applier
US11877754B2 (en) 2019-06-27 2024-01-23 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for a medical clip applier
US11109928B2 (en) 2019-06-28 2021-09-07 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces
US11896330B2 (en) 2019-08-15 2024-02-13 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical system having multiple medical instruments
US11701187B2 (en) 2019-09-26 2023-07-18 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance
US10959792B1 (en) 2019-09-26 2021-03-30 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for collision detection and avoidance
US11737845B2 (en) 2019-09-30 2023-08-29 Auris Inc. Medical instrument with a capstan
US11737835B2 (en) 2019-10-29 2023-08-29 Auris Health, Inc. Braid-reinforced insulation sheath
US11957331B2 (en) 2019-12-12 2024-04-16 Heartstitch, Inc. Suturing systems and methods for suturing body tissue
US11439419B2 (en) 2019-12-31 2022-09-13 Auris Health, Inc. Advanced basket drive mode
US11950872B2 (en) 2019-12-31 2024-04-09 Auris Health, Inc. Dynamic pulley system
US11839969B2 (en) 2020-06-29 2023-12-12 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for detecting contact between a link and an external object
US11931901B2 (en) 2020-06-30 2024-03-19 Auris Health, Inc. Robotic medical system with collision proximity indicators
US11357586B2 (en) 2020-06-30 2022-06-14 Auris Health, Inc. Systems and methods for saturated robotic movement
CN113198088A (en) * 2021-05-06 2021-08-03 哈尔滨医科大学 Catheter structure and guide wire guiding device
US11957428B2 (en) 2021-08-17 2024-04-16 Auris Health, Inc. Medical instruments including wrists with hybrid redirect surfaces

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP0377749B1 (en) 1994-08-31
CA1337792C (en) 1995-12-26
WO1989011889A1 (en) 1989-12-14
EP0377749A4 (en) 1990-12-19
CN1049974A (en) 1991-03-20
EP0377749A1 (en) 1990-07-18
DE68917895T2 (en) 1995-02-02
DE68917895D1 (en) 1994-10-06

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US5308323A (en) Multiple compartment balloon catheter
US5439446A (en) Stent and therapeutic delivery system
US5954693A (en) Replenishable stent and delivery system
US5911725A (en) Intraluminal retrieval catheter
US4983167A (en) Balloon catheters
US5090958A (en) Balloon catheters
US5019042A (en) Balloon catheters
US8152758B2 (en) Needle catheter
JP3992734B2 (en) Intravascular system to stop the heart
US5649941A (en) Improved vascular incisor/dilator
US6605055B1 (en) Balloon catheter with irrigation sheath
US4832688A (en) Catheter for repair of blood vessel
US5833650A (en) Catheter apparatus and method for treating occluded vessels
US6494846B1 (en) Dual-mode catheter
EP0526102A1 (en) Drug delivery catheter
JPH0374589B2 (en)
EP0835076A1 (en) A method and apparatus for arteriotomy closure
WO1999062587A1 (en) A catheter introducer for antegrade and retrograde medical procedures
JPH0441613B2 (en)
CA3132070A1 (en) Apparatus and methods for restoring tissue
US11752311B2 (en) Apparatus and methods for restoring tissue
US20090177263A1 (en) Enforced guiding catheter
KR102207630B1 (en) Catheter with supporting balloon for easy passage of clogged blood vessel, and using method thereof
Hamburger et al. Laser guidewire for recanalization of chronic total occlusions
JPH02255120A (en) Catheter for blood vessel endoscope

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
FEPP Fee payment procedure

Free format text: PAYOR NUMBER ASSIGNED (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: ASPN); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

LAPS Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
FP Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee

Effective date: 19980503

STCH Information on status: patent discontinuation

Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362